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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1950
Page
3
A garbled newspaper fragment from the Daily Mail noting a page item about advance single copies and subscriptions. Mentions carrier delivery in Eagerstumn and weekly timing from the 7th to the 4th, with references to the Associated Press and reprinting rights.
In Washington County, Democracy unites behind Governor Lane after George Mahoney calls off a primary upset. The party lauds four years of school upgrades, highway projects, and tax pledges while promising to implement the platform goals including reduced taxes.
A second new tax increase bill is prepared for Congress to fund defense on a pay-as-you-go basis. It could raise 20 to 26 percent and lift federal receipts to about 42 billion, with a looming 11 billion deficit to be covered by taxation rather than borrowing.
Judge Stockbridge signed an order dissolving the Baltimore and Liberty Turnpike Company, continuing the tollgate tollgate war. A new song titled The Great Hagerstown Fair by Chas. W. Bower and Harry Sechrist will be performed here Wednesday by John W. Vogel's Minstrels.
A jumble of notes mentions shrinking equator distance over a century, a minor league ball player, a movie actress, and a poet in Patro Mexico. It notes train wrecks near Piedmont and Everett tunnel, blocked tracks, multiple days of disruption, and a coal mine explosion with casualties.
The article recalls a notebook detailing the Korean War arc from Inchon to Seoul, describing shifts in momentum, brutal fighting, and vivid frontline scenes. It notes U N forces’ turnaround, Marine assaults, and the human cost amid late war battles and city street fighting, ending with a reflection on the notebook as a testament to victory.
Twenty years ago Mayor Reuben Musey announced a policy to take 25000 annually from municipal light plant profits to cover debt retirement and incidental expenses. William Otterbein Thum celebrated his 70th birthday claiming youth and vigor. Hincock apple growers suffered a poor crop with low yields, Ben Davis best among varieties. Local team owner Joe Cambria toured World Series in Philadelphia, hinting at talks with major league owners to shuffle players.
The Board of Election Supervisors announced there are no registered Communists listed on county election books. They stated there has been no affiliation with the Communist Party in the county for many years, despite claims from American Legion members.
A long article discusses medical tests from Van der Bergh to bile pigment studies and prothrombin. it urges rapid care and rehabilitation for disabled individuals. It highlights home design improvements, employment efforts, and training by colleges to aid the blind, deaf, and other disabled.
Several pastors described their summer work at the Washington County Ministerial Association meeting held Monday in the YMCA. They spoke of attending institutes and conferences to address issues of religious importance.
Misa Girlie Lou Rice from St. Louis became the first woman marine recruit to earn a perfect score on the Armed Forces mental test adopted January 1. She reported to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Paris Island to begin basic training.
A humorous verse about a man who values money over beauty and music. He notices beauty rarely, spending little time for love, while the cash box’s tinkling sounds become his sweetest music. The poem contrasts romance with money as the measure of delight.
Mrs Elizabeth Hook Day the University of Maryland first aunt to graduate in 1920 died after several months illness at Centreville Md She was born in Baltimore 54 years ago entered the university in 1916 majoring in biology Survivors include two sons Richard an army lieutenant with Army Engineers in Pittsburgh and Charles of Chicago Funeral services and interment will be held here Wednesday afternoon.
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